Columbia has announced the creation of the Columbia Climate School, with E3B Professor Ruth DeFries named as Co-Founding Dean.

Ruth will remain a University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in E3B, as well as continue to play an integral role in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development at Columbia’s Earth Institute. Her world-renowned scholarship is committed to understanding the changes experienced by the planet over the course of human existence. She is also a public advocate whose dogged commitment has resulted in advances around the world concerning climate change, food insecurity, and nature conservation. And, importantly, she has been instrumental in the creation of several innovative Earth Institute programs.

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